[kictanet] [isoc_ke] EU hits Google with Anti-Trust complaint

Fri Apr 22 12:16:41 EAT 2016

Tony that story is simmilar to FirefoxOS. What happened to them?
On 22 Apr 2016 11:10 am, "Tony White via kictanet" <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> "It is the only open platform that is out there that is easily
> accessible and can be tuned to work in ways many manufacturers would
> like it to work."
>
> Not quite true
>
> Ubuntu (Linux) has a version for phones - still 'beta', although two
> (Chinese) phone manufacturers are already shipping phones and tablets
> with Ubuntu installed.  This is totally free and open source, with no
> ulterior motive behind it.
>
> I, for one, will buy my next phone with Ubuntu - and then have
> consistency across all platforms - desktop, laptop, tablet, phone, and
> IoT devices.
>
> Note that Android is also built on a Linux base - but with Google's
> proprietary 'bits' on top.
>
>
> On 22/04/2016, Ali Hussein via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> wrote:
> > Great points Ahmed.
> >
> > As I said this is definitely an interesting one to watch and one that has
> > lessons for us in Kenya as we grapple with our own 'Dominance' issues.
> >
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> > On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 8:26 AM, Ahmed Mohamed Maawy via kictanet <
> > kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> >
> >> This is a tricky issue in many ways:
> >>
> >>    1. Android is an appealing product to put onto a Smart Phone
> platform.
> >>    Its not only designed for a Smart Phone, its designed also for TV
> >> boxes,
> >>    and other appliances. It is the only open platform that is out there
> >> that
> >>    is easily accessible and can be tuned to work in ways many
> >> manufacturers
> >>    would like it to work.
> >>    2. Google is not doing this for free. Its doing this because it wants
> >>    to roll out its services to the manufacturer who may want to receive
> >> its
> >>    "free" product to kick start their operations.
> >>    3. Rival platforms face some problems Android has solved: Either it
> >>    being running on costly hardware (iPhone's iOS) or it being not
> >> lucrative
> >>    as an option to drive hardware sales (Windows, Blackberry, etc).
> >>    4. Infact the platforms like iOS, Blackberry, Windows have the same
> >>    issues: They either push iCloud (Apple), BlackBerry services or Bing
> >>    (Microsoft) as bundled products.
> >>    5. Various open attempts have been developed but adoption has brought
> >>    them down - a good example of FirefoxOS by Mozilla. FirefoxOS would
> >> have
> >>    solved this exact same problem. Is it then that the corporates are
> not
> >>    willing to invest in such platforms?
> >>
> >> Ahmed
> >>
> >> On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 4:50 AM, WANGARI KABIRU via kictanet <
> >> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Happy Furahi Day!
> >>>
> >>> Thank you for sharing the piece!
> >>>
> >>> "One big difference in U.S. antitrust law is that the ultimate
> barometer
> >>> of whether something is illegal is whether it negatively affects the
> >>> consumer—for example, by raising the price of a product or service.
> That
> >>> would make it difficult to prosecute Google for antitrust behavior,
> >>> since
> >>> the vast majority of its products are free. The European Union,
> however,
> >>> doesn’t need to make that argument—it’s free to find Google’s behavior
> >>> illegal regardless of what it costs."
> >>>
> >>> ISOC KE during the next Internet Governance Forum, the Competition
> >>> Authority would be a great guest to "demystify this Anti-Trust,
> >>> Dominance
> >>> terms and practical application.
> >>>
> >>> Today's local tech start-up may be less concerned, however, it is the
> >>> next global tech giant soon.
> >>>
> >>> Blessed day.
> >>>
> >>> Regards/Wangari
> >>>
> >>> ---
> >>> Pray God Bless. 2013Wangari circa - "Being of the Light, We are
> Restored
> >>> Through Faith in Mind, Body and Spirit; We Manifest The Kingdom of God
> >>> on
> >>> Earth".
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --------------------------------------------
> >>> On Fri, 22/4/16, Ali Hussein via isoc <isoc at lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>  Subject: [isoc_ke] EU hits Google with Anti-Trust complaint
> >>>  To: kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke, ISOC at lists.my.co.ke
> >>>  Date: Friday, 22 April, 2016, 3:31
> >>>
> >>>  Listers
> >>>  This should be interesting.
> >>>  EU hits Google
> >>>  EU officials
> >>>   say Google forces phone makers and carriers to
> >>>  install its services.
> >>>  For many Android
> >>>  users, one of the appealing things about Google’s mobile
> >>>  operating system is that it is an open ecosystem—anyone
> >>>  can install or modify it, since it is open source, and users
> >>>  can run any apps they want, something they can’t do on
> >>>  Apple’s iOS devices. But the European Union doesn’t see
> >>>  it that way. To the EU, Android is a just tool that Google
> >>>  uses to expand its mobile and search
> >>>  monopolies.Read on:-
> >>>  http://fortune.com/2016/04/21/eu-google-antitrust/Ali
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